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B. A. L-E'HMANN.

EAR WIRE FOR EAR- RINGS.

No. 427,265. Patented May 6,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL A. LEHMANN, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO WATERMAN & LEHMANN, or NEWYORK, N. Y.

EAR-WIRE FOR EAR-RINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,265, dated May 6,1890. Application filed October 19, 1889. Serial No. 327,542. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,,EMIL A. LEHMANN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ear-Wires for Ear-Rings, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ear-wires.

It is well known that ear-rings, especially those from which gem-holdingsettings are suspended, are very apt to tilt forward when hung in thelobe of the ear.

The object of my invention is to provide I 5 an ear-ring which willprevent such tilting.

The invention consists in an ear-wire having a thickened part which,having been forced through the ear-lobe from the front to the rear,rests against the back of the lobe and prevents the upper part of theear-Wire from being tilted or moved forward by the weight of thegem-settin g or other pendant suspended from said ear-wire.

In the accompanying drawing a side view of an ear-ring provided with myimproved ear-wire is shown.

The ear-wire A is of the usual shape, and

from the same the gem-setting B or any other ornamental device such asusually provided on ear-rings is suspended. The ear-wire A 50 isprovided in its top part with an enlargementor thickening O. Theear-wire is passed through the aperture in the lobe of the ear from thefront to the rear until the thickened part 0 is at the back of the lobeand in such a position that it can prevent the weight of the gem-settingor other pendant B from swinging the upper part of the ear-wire upward.When the ear-ring is to be removed, the thickened part 0 is drawnthrough the 40 aperture in the lobe. To prevent this thickened part frominjuring the aperture in the lobe or causing pain, it is .made with aslight bevel from its thickened part toward the ends.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1 An ear-wire forear-rings, provided in its upper rear part with a thickened or swelledpart for retaining the ear-ring in position on the lobe of the ear,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses,

EMIL A. LEHMANN.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ,

W. REIMHERR.

